Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

Soon, the Hellcat weighing over 12,500 lbs began to sink rapidly, and Thomas could not escape the cockpit until the aircraft was underwater, likely when the water pressure holding his canopy shut equalized with the water in the cockpit. We hovered over the plane and could look directly into the open cockpit. ” U.S.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2025

With support from historian Gerad Blume and fabricator Ray Moore of Hangar Thirteen , the multi-phase recovery and restoration of AL557 is now well underway. Various components are temporarily placed in the cockpit of Maid of Athens. Blume also hinted that volunteers at Hangar Thirteen may join the effort once the restoration ramps up.

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Air Facts

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We have a passion for looking at the world from the confines of a cockpit. I don’t need a reason to pull my airplane out of the hangar and go flying, but sharing the magic of flight with kids is one of the most rewarding—yet another reason to fly. This may be for the pure joy of seeing the ground at altitude or maybe a $100 hamburger.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 4, 2025

The Bunny arrived on July 27, 2023, at the Castle Air Museum’s Restoration Hangar. One detail kept intact on the Black Bunny has been the formation lights on the fuselage and on the tail, which pass through one of the ears of the Bunny on each side.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 5, 2025

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. The cockpit in 2015. The production required some Corsair cockpit parts for the creation of a studio mock-up to shoot the actors in the cockpit “flying” the aircraft in front of a projection screen.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

“NTSB investigators are working to synchronize flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder data from both aircraft, ATC communications and radar scope data to obtain a detailed timeline,” the NTSB said in an update published Monday. “The flight data recorder for the Black Hawk did not have timestamps. .”

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 8, 2025

Aside from the restroom trailers, your best bet is the traditional permanent facilities located in the exhibit hangars. Whether it’s your first show or your 40th, there is always something to look forward to at the world’s largest aviation celebration.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In one of the display hangars, they came upon the Aluminum Overcast. Since 2020, Brian has been toiling in his garage, building the cockpit of a B-36H. The cockpit canopy, structure, sides, and base are all complete, or nearly so. Brians father told him that he used to see the B-36s fly over often during his childhood.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

.” The airframe retains its last operational configuration, and ZF372 will be moved inside Hangar 2 at the museum. Museum staff and volunteers will complete its reassembly and start the long process of sourcing instrumentation to complete the cockpits.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. Keeping with the American theme, Wichita, Kansas-produced Garmin G3X Touch instrument packages come standard for the front and rear cockpits. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar.

Knot

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Recently, a dedicated group of residents worked to repair a flat tire on the aircraft and carefully towed it about half a mile from its previous location near the B&G Industries hangar to the museum, situated just behind the Greybull Rest Area. Thats why the cockpit was painted whiteto reflect the sun, West said.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

Note the radome above the cockpit. The Coronados wrecked the airfield and destroyed hangars, aircraft, barracks, mess halls, fuel dumps, and communication equipment, as well as the motor torpedo boats Guroaitei No. My lookouts reported no enemy aircraft, which was another relief to us. Mission accomplished!” Photo via U.S.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 24, 2025

OC BBMF, Sqn Ldr Mark Suggs Sugden, flies a hangar break in Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 after a successful air test on 14th March 2025, showing off the special tribute markings. Sqn Ldr Simon Jessy Jessett in the front cockpit of Harvard IIB KF183 taxiing out at Coningsby on 26th March 2025.

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Cranky Flier

JUNE 5, 2025

Jon Ostrower and I were both at the manufacturer’s media day event — ok, I was only at the first part of it — and that’s where they showed off their full-scale mock-up which sits in their hangar/headquarters in Long Beach. This is likely to be more premium.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 26, 2025

Dismantling of the historic aircraft began on March 17, 2025, in front of Hangar 211 at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, and is expected to continue through the week. The KAOs cockpit was sent to the Pima Air & Space Museum, while its telescope may go to the Moffett Field Museum. KAO was part of the Gerard P.

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Gary's Flight Journal

JANUARY 26, 2025

I did an abbreviated video at the hangar yesterday showing some of my preflight, off camera I did an extensive check of the plane, she is good to go. With the heat now flowing in the cockpit and my legs once again nice and toasty I set up for my arrival into Ocean City. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

Aircraft Coverings An aircraft cover, at least a windscreen protector be it internal or external to the cockpit, is a must, especially if you are parked on the ramp and exposed to the elements. If your aircraft is kept in a hangar, youll probably want external protection for those times you travel and hangaring is not an option.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 21, 2025

In order to give distant onlookers the impression that it was a conventional piston engine fighter design, a fake wooden propeller made of balsa wood was placed over the nose, and the cockpit, engine inlets and exhausts were hidden beneath canvas coverings. Baumgartner Carl in the cockpit.

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Chess In the Air

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There are no hangars for gliders in Boulder and tie down space is limited. In addition, the chargers were too bulky to bring along in the cockpit. Upon landing I can clear the runway and steer the glider right into its parking position before getting out of the cockpit, usually without having to start the engine at all.

Density Altitude

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The familiar yellow Taylorcraft is parked by a galvanized corrugated steel roof shed-style hangar. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo. One of the hangars still stands out of line with the modern homes. We hop out of the cockpit, and Andrew ties the ship to the tarmac for the night.

Airplanes

Inspire

JULY 22, 2025

aircraft to have an enclosed cockpit and hydraulic landing gear. In various iterations and partnerships, the company produced […] The post Fairchild Aviation’s 100th Anniversary Celebrated at AirVenture Oshkosh first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 8, 2025

Station Czechoslovakia , a collection of airworthy historic aircraft based at the Aviation Museum Hangar at Podhorany Airfield (LKPN) in the Czech Republic. On Wednesday, April 30, the AVRO Anson Mk.I MH120 (ZK-RRA) arrived in Belgium following a long journey from its previous home base in New Zealand. Avro Anson.

Cockpit

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

On the landing approach, Saari, tightened the strap on his goggles, opened the cockpit, and stuck his head into the slipstream to see the runway, setting the Thunderbolt down safely and rolling to a stop. Army Air Corps fighter with all-metal construction, retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. The Spitfire Mk.

Tail

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Shortly after, the largely restored aircraft was shipped from the USA to Germany and stored in a hangar in Bremen. Lufthansa Technik) ( www.digroaero.com ) Today, Lufthansa Technik has completed the extensive assembly of the Lockheed L-1649A and rolled it out to a large hangar in Hamburg.

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Inspire

MARCH 21, 2025

Olga will share her experience of breaking through barriers to get into the cockpit and instructing her fellow airmen in her presentation at the EAA Aviation Museum […] The post T-38 Instructor Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ronald Herman, benefactor, and others break ground for a restoration hangar. Note the TBF in the background, awaiting its place in that hangar. Although a Bell bubble cockpit version was used in the popular television series M*A*S*H , this museum example actually flew many of the later missions.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 2, 2025

Imagine swapping a computer screen for a cockpit window, where youre greeted by breathtaking vistas of mountains, coastlines, and city lights thousands of feet below. Structured programs guide you from ground school to the cockpit, making it a streamlined shift for those eager to change gears.

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AV Web

MAY 11, 2025

Our group of geriatric gear-uppers gathered in my friend Kyle’s hangar, not because it held any special safety significance but because his place was outfitted with air-conditioning, comfy furniture, and a decent bar. Tim, my next-door hangar neighbor with the same avionics setup, said he would go up with me the next afternoon.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2025

For example, the hangars at Mitchell Field in New York weren’t designed for the Army’s B-18A bomber. The airplanes were longer than the hangar was deep, so special cutouts were made. The wings, cockpit, and engines were safely under cover while the rest of the airplane was on the ramp (above).

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 1, 2025

From July 21–27, 2025, attendees will have the rare opportunity to see these legendary aircraft up close—on static display, available for cockpit tours, and even offering once-in-a-lifetime rides. Agather Hangar at the Henry B. FIFI parked in front of the CAF Headquarters in Dallas, TX. Photo by Gary Daniels

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 12, 2025

“They seemed to rise from the sea and hang outside my cockpit window, near enough to touch, until hours later they slipped away into the dawn.” It was as NC965Y, which was adorned with the name Record Breaker that the aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire in Memphis, Tennessee on August 20, 1943.

Airplanes

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 15, 2025

PZ865 pictured inside the BBMF hangar in late February 2025, awaiting the return of its refurbished ‘Reserve’ fuel tank. Once reinstalled, ground engine runs were performed on June 19, followed by additional engine testing and dynamic propeller balancing over the next several days.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 23, 2025

However, if you find an airplane with a previously installed and debugged glass cockpit, with modern GPS, ADS-B, etc., Hangaring not worth the cost? Hangar Space Is a Must Having relocated well over a dozen times, the first step on our moving checklist was signing up on the hangar list at the airports near our new home.

Airplanes

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Types of Flight Simulators Basic Flight Simulators These desktop systems offer a simplified cockpit layout with essential controls—yoke, throttle, pedals—and visual displays for instruments and scenery. Why Use a Flight Simulator Cost-Effective Training Flying real aircraft means fuel, maintenance, and hangar fees.

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Inspire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal There is a dynamic to two people working in a cockpit. Today, on a wide-body airliner, the CARs (regs) stipulate when a third or fourth […] The post The Dumbing Down of the Flight Deck first appeared on Hangar Flying. Days gone by it had three or four.

Flight Deck

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 14, 2025

F-86F Sabre 52-4689/FAB 658 under restoration at the Mary Baken Engen Restoration Hangar of the Steven F. In contrast to other aircraft on display in the Smithsonian, the nose section of this Hornet will be available for visitors to touch and to see the cockpit of a modern strike fighter. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

We were parked inside the big hangar, right next to a large USMC VTOL Osprey aircraft and a huge C-130J transport. All around the huge Delta hangar were warbirds both historic and contemporary. All around the huge Delta hangar were warbirds both historic and contemporary. You just have to be there to experience it.

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